Comments on: Books

By: David Y?

David Y? — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:30:53 +0000

Haha I love that, Sarah… I’m coming out of that stage, where I need to convince everyone of one way of thinking. I’m glad I get to experience life as it comes, it would be rather boring if I only had one way of thinking my entire life and couldn’t change.

Actually now that I think about it, I’m not thinking enough. Maybe instead of having you explain your point of view I should ponder it some more before I regurgitate. Yeah…Lance, would it help you to know you are making me think?
mmm. life makes us the most…interesting beings, doesn’t it? like we are constantly being built and destroyed.
Happy New Year!

By: Sarah Sears Webel

Sarah Sears Webel — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:41:23 +0000

[sigh]

I’m glad that when you have an opinion, Lanceuhlot, you don’t need others to agree with you. Me? Happiness is a book and a nice little fire on a cold evening. Especially a hardback with a good smell. Computers just can’t replicate that. It’s not the language or the info a book contains… it’s an aesthetic experience.

By: David Y?

David Y? — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:23:21 +0000

yer penguin is the publisher penguin. they have the little penguin on the books cover somewhere.
I should point out that I wrote my post before I read the comment above it…
I understand, I’m just in the learning stage with my English, and i don’t want it to ever end…

By: Yue

Yue — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:51:10 +0000

DO IT WITH A GIANT BONFIRE!!!

Jus finished reading two GIANT books of Mankiw. This guy is a know-it-all who strings together complicated terms which students have to learn by heart. In the end its as simple as daily life

By: Lori S

Lori S — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:39:01 +0000

“I like to struggle with books, then come back years later and have an entirely different experience with them”
David, I totally agree! That’s my favorite thing about books. I love rereading books almost as much as finding new ones to enjoy. I find that with scripture too. Maybe I read a passage a few years ago and it didn’t make any sense to me at all, but I come back to it and suddenly it totally relates to where I am and then I understand it.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:39:07 +0000

Lance,
Please don’t throw out Granda Hammerham’s books! LOVE, MOM

By: HP

HP — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:22:29 +0000

David Y, What is “the penguin”?

Lance, You’ll get more money for your books on Amazon. I’ve been buying my MBA textbooks from obscure websites for cheap, then selling them on Amazon, usually for a profit!

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:13:48 +0000

As for the mastery tangent … I was never claiming to be an expert, I was just pointing out that I’ve already plateaued with my English ability. The reading that I do now has little to do with learning language … it’s about ideas and stories. After a certain point, methinks, real language learning happens more through the dynamics of creativity and experience and less through the consumption of written materials.

Or maybe I’m just lazy.

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:19:51 +0000

meh.

Maybe what we need is freer formats, ones that don’t confine the storytellers to black and white text, two hour time slots, the big media machine, or current delivery systems. We’re starting to see some interesting things online, but I wonder if consumers are too tied down by convention to make new formats viable. The change, I’d think, would have to come from the storytellers themselves.

For what it’s worth, I’m glad you book lovers are out there. If you want to come and take some of mine, you’re welcome to them! Anything left in a week or two is going to Half Price Books.

By: David Y?

David Y? — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:06:59 +0000

thats what I get for starting a comment at 9 and ending at 11. Darn those Goonies, distract me with witty commentary…
Wait, Lance, if your mastery is dynamic and not static, how do you keep current without reading more? Isn’t your mastery to be defined by what class of books and type of person you are? I mean, you may have the vocabulary that far surpasses some, but what about the way you use it? That defines punctuation, intonation, and vocabulary, for look at the artists of today.
They use words far differently than you or I would, put to rythmns and speech patterns that we don’t think in, but it is partially English. Therefore you would have to be a genius to comprehend all aspects of English, to be able to use them, lest you start putting values on certain levels of speech and comprehension.
But yeah…it all depends on what you call punctuation and intonation.